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In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd

Ana Menéndez
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Pages
244
Year
2007
Language
English
Publisher
Grove Press

About

Pushcart Prize winner Ana Menendez landed firmly in the literary landscape last year with the hardcover publication of In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd. Reviewers overwhelmingly agree that she is an important new voice in American fiction. In these linked tales about the Cuban-American experience and the immigrant experience in general, Ana Menendez has instantly established herself as a natural storyteller who probes with steady humor and astute political insight the dreams versus the realities of her characters. From the prizewinning title story - a masterpiece of humor and heartbreak - unfolds a series of family snapshots that illuminate the landscape of an exiled community rich in heritage, memory, and longing for the past. In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd is at once tender and sharp-fanged Ana Menendez charts the territory from Havana to Coral Gables with unforgettable passion and explores whether any of us are capable, or even truly desirous, of outrunning our origins.

Related Subjects

  • Short Stories (single author)
  • Adult Fiction
  • Literary
  • General
  • Hispanic & Latino

Reviews

"Menendez offers a lilting narrative that sways soulfully between past and present, longing and regret, joy and tragedy."
Donna Rifkind, The Baltimore Sun Superb
"Achingly wise."
Richard Eder, the New York Times Book Review
"Menendez taps into [a] wellspring of broken promises and unfulfilled desires and gives us a ... peek at ... the Cuban-American experience."
Ariel Gonzalez, The Miami Herald

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